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(Zafar, 12, lives with his mother, Rushdie's first wife, Clarissa; "Haroun" is dedicated to Zafar acrostically, poignantly.)
The refrain of the song - "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" - reportedly came to him in a dream (although it has also been noted that "Eight Nought One" acrostically spells his name).
He is sometimes said also to have written a set for the Apostles, but those in Tones 7 and 8 are ascribed to Joseph in the Paraklitiki, that in Tone 7 being 'signed' acrostically in the Ninth Ode.
'The Choice of Jewels,' London, 1607, containing verses arranged acrostically on the words, 'To Anna Queene of Gret Britane Health,' followed by congratulations to Christian, king of Denmark, on his visit to England in 1607.
Anacrostic may be the most accurate term used, and hence most common, as it is a portmanteau of anagram and acrostic, referencing the fact that the solution is an anagram of the clues, and the author of the quote is hidden in the clues acrostically.